My Exciting News!

Hi everyone!

I've got some very happy news that I can finally share (actual I'm a bit late sharing here but as the saying goes, better late than never!):

... I've joined the design team over at ScrapFriends!

When I was asked to join, I did a little happy dance :) I've been following their blog for some time and I love their gorgeous sketch and beautiful color scheme challenges! And if you haven't visited their store, you should. It's full of anything you could want to make your pages and projects!

And speaking of sketches, the September Sketch Challenge #17 is up right now! You have until September 30th so go to it!

My take.................

I threw banners across my page, a little splitter, splatter here and there of distress stains, stamps and paints.

OK, every time I see that photo above, I. Crack. Up. That squished up nose? That's little one "blowing" out her candle...except her mouth is closed and she's forcing air out her nose! She had never blown out a birthday candle before and she thought that's what the big girls were doing! Hee hee!, so funny, forever precious.

That was a little long of a post so I'll say goodbye and invite you once again to play along with this month's sketch over that ScrapFriends!

April Challenge at XOXO Scrapbooking

Hi Everyone!

I got back from a short trip late Monday and it's taking me a long moment to get back into the swing of things! I haven't posted anything here, and I need to remedy that :)

For XOXO Scrapbooking this month we're POPping it up on our pages! Whether it's colors or dimension or whatever, we're inspiring you to have a little POP on your page! Here's my DT page:

I have my little butterflies popping of the page and I did try to make this page have some pops of color! I'm also realizing that I must be going through a circle phase right now....my last page was full of them and I see that this one is too...

Good ol' toilet paper centers came in handy making some of those circles, haven't used those in ages!

I'm also super into washi tape right now, I don't think I have made a page without washi in months. It's so versatile and they just look so attractive, right?

And here's that supply pic:

Mists by Shimmerz and Tattered Angels, Distress Inks, Glitter Glue by studio G, Acrylic paint, pens by ZIG and Faber Castell, punch by Martha Stewart, washi tapes by Recollections and Freckled Fawn, wood chips by Freckled Fawn, stickers by Cloud 9, MM, stencil by Pink Paislee, and paper by We R Memory Keepers and K&Co, and Daiso

So don't forget to visit XOXO Scrapbooking for some inspiration and as always, thank you all so much for stopping by!